After a World Series appearance in 1965 and finishing second to the Balitmore Orioles in 1966, there were many reasons to believe the Minnesota Twins had a good shot at the American League pennant in 1967. Decades later, this remains one of baseball greatest and most historic pennant races.

For sixty years, professional baseball was as segregated as the Deep South. However, instead of accepting segregation as a grim reality, young black baseball players of Minnesota resolved to integrate the sport, one baseball diamond at a time.

Despite the fact that the great American pastime has been almost exclusively identified as a male sport, women have played baseball in Minnesota for over 100 years. This article focuses on women’s baseball in Minnesota from the 1890s through World War II.